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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re the athletic hook, this year my DC's "big 3" there is NO overlap between the students who are recruited athletes and the students who are graduating "cum laude" (the top 20% of the class).[/quote]

Colleges define “hooks” based on what they want. I have no dog in this fight (my DCs are all unhooked). I understand your frustration with the college admissions process but it’s wrong to throw shade at “hooked” applicants using bits and pieces of information you may have about them.

BTW cum laude at my DCs Big 3 isn’t a very good measuring stick to assess who “deserved” to get in somewhere and who didn’t. It’s based on 2.5/4 years worth of grades, includes coursework taken elsewhere (which isn’t included on the official transcripts) and doesn’t differentiate between difficulty of coursework taken (no weighted grades). Same goes for the valedictorian (only based on 2 yrs of grades). The school chooses how to award honors with the criteria they want - just as colleges assess applicants using whatever formula they want to use. Neither is more “fair” than the other.

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Cum Laude at my kids school is a good measure. It includes all of your grades taken only at the school, takes into account rigor, and reflects the kids who are at the top of the class. Oh; and the hooked Cum Laudea who had fine extra curriculars were more likely to be admitted than the Cum Laude non hook with excellent leadership and extracurriculars. To get into tippy top the Cum Laude Students also needed something like editor in chief of a publication and student government. The hooked Cum Laude kids didn’t have to do quite as much. It’s like the hook lets the bouncer at the door know to let you in. It is what it is.   [/quote]

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